small talk etiquette

You know that awkward feeling when you meet someone for the first time. That feeling when you suddenly need to step out of your shell and fill the air with some chitchat. Now here’s the thing, making small talk to cut through the stiff atmosphere is common. We all do it – right. Ok perhaps not all, unless you hide in a corner to avoid people entirely – but most of us do. So here is what really gets my goat; when someone start a conversation and immediately revert to my least favourite question.

And that question is “What do you do?”

Somehow that is the first default question that tends to pop out of people’s mouths. To me it is an immediate conversation killer and it is not a question I find welcoming.

Hi, my name is Noleen and I live in the beautiful city of Cape Town. I’m just an ordinary person who lives a simple life and enjoys blogging. I have two gorgeous daughters and a wife to the most amazing man. So chillax, grab a cup of coffee and stay a while.